Dinesh D'Souza Is Charged With Using Straw Donors — Dinesh D'Souza, a best-selling conservative author and filmmaker, was indicted on Thursday on charges that he used straw donors to illegally donate to a 2012 Senate campaign. — Mr. D'Souza is an outspoken political commentator who directed …

Boehner likes Bush for 2016 but not endorsing — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday night that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would be a great president if he ran in 2016. — However, the Speaker made clear he is not endorsing anybody more than two years outside the election.

Huckabee: Dems think women can't control their libido — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) said Thursday that Republicans need to take a more combative attitude toward winning the votes of women, by emphasizing that women aren't weaklings in need of help from the government.

Gov. Rick Perry for decriminalization of pot — SAN ANTONIO — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday that he's for the decriminalization of marijuana use — not legalization, but the softening of punishment for marijuana users in the border state. — Perry made the comment during …

Planet Hillary — Hillary Clinton was nodding solemnly to the mother of a 9/11 victim when Huma Abedin, standing across the room, called out, “Let's load!” to the staff members and bodyguards. The former secretary of state had yet to pick up her award from the Voices of September 11th …

Hannity for public office? — Sean Hannity's threat this week to bolt New York is sparking speculation he will someday run for office. — A source who was on Hannity's Fox News show last fall told The Hill the conservative commentator mentioned the possibility — off camera — of running in Florida.

Bolton 2016? There May Be Opportunity for Hawk in GOP Debate — A strange thing happened Tuesday night at a Los Angeles dinner packed with well-heeled businesspeople and Republican donors. — A conservative, best known for his hawkish views on foreign policy, got a rousing ovation when he said he was …

The Populist Imperative — “The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.” — John Maynard Keynes wrote that in 1936, but it applies to our own time, too.

Noonan: The Sleepiness of a Hollow Legend — The State of the Union is a grand tradition—but only if people are listening. — So the president's State of the Union address is Tuesday night, and it's always such a promising moment, a chance to wake everyone up and say “This I believe” and “Here we stand.”

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